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Sterling Hayden Quotes

1916–1986 United States

Sterling Hayden (March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor, writer and seaman. During World War II he served allied forces as OSS agent John Hamilton in Italy, with duties that included sailing with supplies to Yugoslav partisans and parachuting into fascist Croatia.

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The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed.

Wanderer (1963)

"I’ve always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can’t afford it." What these men can’t afford is not to go.

Wanderer (1963)

I don't think you have the foggiest notion of the contempt I have had for myself since the day I did that thing.

Wanderer (1963)

When a man's bogged down, when the thing he is trying to do isn't working out, then he has to damn good and well change his way of living.

Wanderer (1963)

If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.

Wanderer (1963)

Your mind flies free and you see yourself as an actor, condemned to a treadmill wherein men and women conspire to breathe life into a screenplay that allegedly depicts life as it was in the old wild West.

Wanderer (1963)

What does a man need — really need?

Wanderer (1963)

What confuses me is I ain't all that unhappy. So why do I drink? I don't know.

On his heavy drinking during the filming of Leuchtturm des Chaos (1983)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sterling Hayden (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.